Question 1

Social Security provides periodic benefit payments to retirees based on earnings averaged over most of the worker's lifetime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Social Security is financed primarily through the income tax.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Most of the revenues for Social Security are generated by:

Accepted Answer

A)  the payroll tax. 
B)  the personal income tax. 
C)  state sales taxes. 
D)  excise taxes. 
A)  the payroll tax. 
B)  the personal income tax. 
C)  state sales taxes. 
D)  excise taxes.

Question 4

Which best describes the predictions of the best estimate of the long-run Social Security deficit?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Trust Fund will be exhausted by the year 2045. 
B)  The Trust Fund will be exhausted by the year 2041. 
C)  The Trust Fund will be exhausted by the year 2023. 
D)  None of the above. 
A)  The Trust Fund will be exhausted by the year 2045. 
B)  The Trust Fund will be exhausted by the year 2041. 
C)  The Trust Fund will be exhausted by the year 2023. 
D)  None of the above.

Question 5

Which projection of the Social Security long-run deficit is viewed as the best estimate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alternative II 
B)  Alterative III 
C)  Alternative I 
D)  Alternative IV 
A)  Alternative II 
B)  Alterative III 
C)  Alternative I 
D)  Alternative IV

Social Security provides periodic benefit payments to retirees based on earnings averaged over most of the worker's lifetime.

Social Security is financed primarily through the income tax.

Most of the revenues for Social Security are generated by:

Which best describes the predictions of the best estimate of the long-run Social Security deficit?

Which projection of the Social Security long-run deficit is viewed as the best estimate?

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Exam 16: Social Security: Leading Issues and Approaches to Reform

Social Security provides periodic benefit payments to retirees based on earnings averaged over most of the worker's lifetime.

Social Security is financed primarily through the income tax.

Most of the revenues for Social Security are generated by:

Which best describes the predictions of the best estimate of the long-run Social Security deficit?

Which projection of the Social Security long-run deficit is viewed as the best estimate?

Economic Growth: an Introduction to Scarcity and Choice

An Introduction to Economic Systems and the Workings of the Price System

Competitive Markets and Government Policy: Agriculture

Efficiency in Resource Allocation: How Much Do We Have How Much Do We Want

Market Power: Does It Help or Hurt the Economy

Air Pollution: Balancing Benefits and Costs

Health Care: How Much for Whom

Crime and Drugs: a Modern Dilemma

College Education: Is It Worth the Cost

Educational Reform: the Role of Incentives and Choice

Poverty: Old and New Approaches to a Persistent Problem

Tracking and Explaining the Macroeconomy

Unemployment: the Legacy of Recession, Technological Change, and Free Choice

Inflation: a Monetary Phenomenon

Sustained Budget Deficits: Is This Any Way to Run a Government

International Trade: Beneficial, but Controversial

Financing Trade and the Trade Deficit

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